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SHELTER FOR 1901 CAPITOL BILL. RECOMMENDED FOR rASSAGE EM COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE, INHERITANCES ARE TAXED HV THE FOSS BILL, WHICH HAS NOW PASSED BOTH HOUSES. SKXATOR OZMIN*S PET KILLED. His Amendment to the Corrnpt Practices Act Lacki Two Vote* Of I'llM.SHlje. i The senate yesterday, in committee of the whole, recommended for passage the capitol bill, under which it is ex pected that the legislature of 1901 can meet under the roof of the massive pile on Mount Aurora, and also recommend <■■} for passage the Foss inheritance tax Mil killing its rival, the Sperry bill, similar in purpose but differing In de tail. On final passage, the Ozmun bill, which was aimeil to correct some of the shortcomings of the "Corrupt Practices Act" of 1895, was defeated, lacking two votes of the majority required for its passage. After the special order was disposed of. Seator Stevens moved that the cap it..! certificates bill be reqeommended for passage. He explained that the nmissioners had discovered that they could not continue the erection of the capitol advantageously without a change in the act. The bill did not create a debt. The present act gave the commission the power to contract at once for the construction of the building, subject only to the limitation thart the contractor would have to wait for his money until it was received under the present tax levy. The issue of these certificates would give the o nrarisston a chance to meet the im mediate necessities of the state and at least provide sanitary quarters for the legislature of 1901. He quoted prices to show that the present prices of build ing material and of labor made it wts dom to build the structure at once. The money was to be kept in Minne .^ ta, its lumber, quarry, brick and even - Its iron interests would be fostered by the proposed bill. Prosperity was re turning. Lake Shore securities bearing 3 per cent interest sold at a premium. It was not proposed to issue these cer tiiicates at once, but at dates which, he recited, and on this basis the interest charge would be $62,500. The legisla ture stood committed to this new capi tol. why was this not a judicous business investment? Nothing in the bill created an obligation on the state. As to the right of the commission to go ahead he cited the Fox river im provement ease decided by the supreme court In 1852. Senator Whitney said the speech of Senator Stevens was a good argument In favor of his bill for a constitutional amendment. Senator Howard said that Senator Stevens' visions of returning prosperity IV. re very pretty but they were not the reality. The same argument was ready two ago, but prices had gone d< wn, and were going down, and it was no* a fair presumption that they were gx>ing up. The promoters of the origi nal bill had pledged that there should be no modification of the original enact ment asked for. If this act did not bring money enough each year, let the commission wait until it did have money enough to go ahead with. He charged that the plan of issuing certi ficates of indebtedness had reduced St. Paul to a condition which any city Should be ashamed of. Senator Stevens denounced the charge as false. Senator Wyman favored the bill. The Hew capitol was a sanitary necessity. On a division the motion to recom imnd the bill for passage was carried. Senator Howard moved that the rec ommendation of the bill be not adopt ed, but is was by 27 to 13 on the fol lowing roll call: Ayes— Barr, Culkin, Currier, Dunn, Fuller H&nson, llodgo, \V. E. Johnson, Keller, L.ar 'oii. Miller, McArtbur, Ozuiun, Potter Pott rW( r, Scnaller, Sheehaa, Smith, Spencer perry, Stevens. Theden, Whitney, Wine Ryman, Yale, Young — 27. Noes— Cronkfeite. Uanna, Greer, Howard • lltis, .lones. Knatvold, KeHato, Reishus' Hiupdahl, Rovorud, Sevataoa, Thorpe U The only contest on the calendar was on the Ozmun "corrupt practices' act amending the 1895 law, and it was kill ed, receiving only twenty-six votes as follows: Ayes— Harr, Cole, Cronkhite, Howard, John- Jon. A. 0., Johnson, W. E., Jones, Kdier Knatvold. Larson, Masterman, Miller Mc- IVrthur, Ozmun, Peterson, Kingdal, Sheehan h'-uuii. Spencer, Stebbins, Stevens. Theden' roompaoa, Whitney, Yale, Young— 2G ' Noes— Collester. Currier, Dunham French Dreer, Hanna. Heoeman, Hodge, lltis Pot ter. K.'ishus, Roverud. Sweningsen, Wing— 13 The inheritance tax bills, which were a special order for 2:30, irere taken up in committee of the whole with Senator i Howard in the chair. The first two sections of the house bill were read | The chief difference between the two I bills was that the exemption in the Foss bill included all real property and 110.000 of personal property; the Sperry lull exempted only $SUO In all classes of broperty. The Sperry bill levied a flat f> per cent tax; the Foss bill a gradu ated tax. ranging from 1 per cent on pmall estates to 5 per cent on large 11!: Senator Sperry moved to amend the house bill to conform tc the first sec tJon of his, but with the real property exempted, as by Foss. Senator Greer said the people of the Plate wanted some legislation of this hind. Pass such a bill as could be I passed and then let it be amended two fears from now. He favored the ex emption of $10,000 and real estate. Senator Tale said the bill was in equitable. It should exempt the Most torturing and disfiguring of itching, burning, icaly skin and scalp humors is in •tantly relieved by a warm bath -with Citi \ Soap, a single application of CVtichla. (ointment), the great skin cure, and a full dose of (Tthxka llksolvent, greatest of blood puriliers and humor cares, wiien all else fails. I«»old thronjrfcontthe trrrld. Pottek Dura akd Chim. Com-., Prop*., Bonton. •• How to Cur« Sail Khenm," free. CAI I IMP UflID Pimply K«et.BmSylKemi»hM, rALLinu HAIR cu4d by crkhi *•**. families of the deceased. He styled it a measure for "robbing the estates of the rich." There was a long argument over the possible injustice to be done . to the widows and orphans, and to religious and charitable institutions.^ The Sperry bill was finally killed and the Foas bill amended to make the exemption $5,000 and not to exempt legacies to churches and other similar corpora tions. When the house resolution directing that state institutions patronize home industries came up. Senator W. E. Johnson moved that the senate concur. Senator Greer made it stronger by an amendment to provide for the dis charge of the steward at the Rochester hospital if he did not comply. Several other senators spoke in its behalf and it was adopted almost unanimously. The special-committee on department stores reported the amended Theden occupation tax bill' for'passage, the fol lowing amendments being concurred in. by all the members except W. E. John son: The original classification is reduced from 58 to 48 classes. The consolida tions are: Classes 2, 27 and 46— Books, blanks, blank books, stationery, job printing, periodicals, newspapers, etc. Classes 3 and 10— Bakery and confectionery goods. Classes 11 and 57 — Ladies' cloaks, garments, etc. Classes 6 and 41 — Bicycles and sewing ma chines. Classes 17 and 53 and Part of Class s—General5 — Gen eral furniture, school furniture and barbers' furniture. Classes 24 and 37 — Gasfitting and plumb ing. Classes 28 and 34— Jeweh-y end optical goods. Classes 44. 47 and 52— Toys, Japanese ware, birds, .etc. Classes 55 and 56— Second-hand goods of all kinds. The amendments suggested in the senate are included, they are all addi tions to the various classes. An amendment is made providing that when two or more persons con duct a business in the same premises and under a unit of management, they shall be deemed one person; but if they conduct a separate and independent business they shall be classified accord li gly. The scheme of taxation is changed as follows: Maximum tax in cities of 50,000 or more inhabitants, $5 a year for any four classes; five classes, $50; six classes, $300; seven classes, $fc000; eight classes, $2,000; nine classes, $3,000; ten classes, $4,000, and $1,500 in addition for each class in excess of ten classes. In cities of 15,000 to 50,000 population the maximum may be reduced one-half, cities less than 15,000, one-fourth of maximum, with a minimum of $1 ap plicable to all cities. Another amendment states that no tax can be levied under this' act in cases where no general tax would be Imposed The committee, in reporting these amendments, say that they think the retail merchants are satisfied with the changes proposed. The railroad committee killed S. F. 188, the Morgan bill, to fix freight rates on iron ore. The public health committee killed S. F. 429, to prevent the spread of con tageous diseases among domestic ani mals, and the house bill to prohibit the adulteration of breadstuffs. The omnibus road and bridge bill was reported for passage with an amend ment. Senator Dunn wanted a bridge over Mungtr lake in Martin county. Senator Kingdal said that Winona county had been given $450, whereas the maximum it could be given, on the basis of either area, valuation or popu lation was not more than $320. Polk county, on the other hand, was given much less than its equitable share on any of these bases. The bill was referred to the delega tion from the Second congressional dis trict to consider the Dunn amendment and report within twenty-four hours. When tho finance committee reported for indefinite postponement the budget of bills listed in the Globe yester day there was some hard kicking. Sen ator Cronkhite was not pleased with its action in turning down the bill for the relief of the Roseau county flood sufferers, and asked that the bill be placed on general orders. Senator Cronkhite said he had introduced the bill at the request of the people of Ros eau county, and the only personal in terest he had was to show that he had not neglected the interests of his con stituents. Senator Wyman said that this conclusion was not justified. Sen ator Cronkhite's labors in behalf of the bill, as well as its predecessor, had been untiring, herculean, persistent, pestiferous, early and late, and that the committee had not seen proper to re commend the bill for passage was in no sense due to apathy or lack of inter est on the part of the senator from Marshall. The bill was indefinitely postponed. Senator Cronkhite's motion to place it on general orders being lost. The corporation committee killed S. F. 465, relating to manufacturing com panies. The judiciary committee did the same with S. F. 255, the medical expert bill. Sennit' Houtine. BILLS PASSED. S. F. 5S2 — To amend laws relating to town clerks. Bonds. Ayes, 3S, noes 0. S. F. 425 (Cole)— To amend section 3675, General Statutes l'i'Ji, relating to education. Ayes 3S. noes 8. S. F. 4f.4 (Sitebbins) -To amend chapter ir,s. Laws of ISO."), relating to the examina tions and commitment of inebriates to the special deiwrtment in the Rochester state hos» I pital. Ayes 37, noes 0. H. F. 409 — To authorize and empower in surance companies and associations organized in other states to become Minnesota corpora tions. Ayes 29. noes 3. H. F. 318 (Dyer)— To amend chapter 190, General Laws 1885, as amended by chapter 105, General Laws 1891 . relating to waiting rooms and station agents. Ayes 36, noes. 0. S. F. 337 (Barr)— To amend sections 6SS and MO, (1.-neral Statutes IM:*'4. relating to the dis tricts and terms of office for county commis sioners. Ayes 38, noes 0. S. r. 139 (Sheehaa) — To amend section 53. | chapter 175, General Laws IS9,">. entitled an act j to revise tnd codify the insurance laws of this state. Ayes 37, noes 0. H. F. 39 i.UcGillt— To amend chapter 74 of tho General Laws of ISS3, entitled the military code. Ayes 32, noes 3. S. F. 322 (Young)— To prevent the spread of I contagious diseasas among domestic ani mals. Ayes 37, noes, 0. GENERAL ORDERS. S. F. 258 (Sperry)— To tax inheritances, devices, bequests, legacies and gifts. In- | definitely postponed. H. F. 4 (Foss)— For a graduated and pro gressive tax on sifts, inheritances, devises, bequests and legacies in certain cases. To pass as amended. H. F. 62". (Substitute for S. F. 364. Scott, for Ramsey delegation)— A bill for an act to fa cilitate the construction of the new capitol and to authorize the board of capitol com misioners to issue certificates of indebted ness for that purpose. To pass. LEE STOKY DENIED. Xo One Has liecn Selected to Succeed Him. WASHINGTON, March 31.— 1t Is said at the state department that no successor has beon selected to take Gen. Lee's place as consul general at Havana; that he has not ! been cabled a leave of absence to take effect j April 15, and finally that there has been i no change in the status of the consul gen- j eral. It is also intimated, but not stated j positively as above, that there is no inten tion of making any change in the consulate j genera!, in the near future at least. Gen. ' Lee may he assisted In the task of watching the investigation In the Ruiz case by John R. Day. of Canton, 0.. provided counsel is believed to be essential to the development of the facts, but the position of Mr. Day in such case -would be purely advisory. Fierce Storm. KANSAS CITY, March 21.— A special to the Star from Pern. O. T., pays: Yesterday and last night this county was visited by a fierce storm of rain, wind and hail. Creeks are out of their banks and low i Ing lands are under water. Several houses were blown down and oi*e dwelling, situated bftwppn here and StillTvater, was demolished. The inmates had escaped to a cave and were not Injured. Near White Kagle, nortJi of here, several houses wer<? blown down, but whether or not 2ny one was injured Is not known. Hail did some damage. Telegraph wires were badly damaged and ail trains are late. THE SAINT PAUI, GLOBE: THURSDAY, APRII, 1, 1897, QUARTETTE Of fIOES FOTTR BILLS CAIRiRYING WITH THEM APPROPRIATIONS ARE TI'H.\ED DOWN, HOUSE CONCURRED IN IT. FEIG'S MEASURE TO SET ASIDE 92,500 FOR FIEU) IWSTRI'O TIOX IS ONE. BfO REVISION OF STATUTES SOW. Beet Snsrar Industry 'Will Have to Get Along: Without State Aid— No Fire Marshal Money. Chairman Dare, of the house commit j tee on appropriations, has the reputa tion of being as conscientious a man as any member on the floor of the house, and he must have experienced a pang yesterday when several of the membera whose bills were acted upon unfavor ably by the committee, showed a dls~ position to criticize the committee's actions. It was Immediately after the opening of the afternoon session when Mr. Dare begged leave to make a report. The first measure was H. F. 523 (Feig), to appropriate $2,500 for field instruc tion in butter and cheese making. The committee recommended indefinite postponement. Mr. Feig entered a sub stitute that the bill be sent to general orders. . It was, he urged, put in at the instance of the dairymen's associa tion which was anxious to make plans for the following up of the young men who learned butter and cheese making in theory at the agricultural school. Mr. Dare said it was opposed at the meetings of the committee, whereat Mr. Feig grew warm, and said the op position came from the state dairy and food commission, and that if this de partment was to run the legislature he wished to know it. Mr. Sloan, of Steel* county, came to the rescue of the com mittee. He said the bill was not wanted by the dairymen of the state, and fur ther alleged that Mr. Feig had shrewd ly had the bill referred to the agri cultural committee. In answer to Mr. Feig's queries.S'oan admitted that the president of the as sociation had appeared and favored the passage of U~.o bill, and that the Al bert Lea convention in December had advocated the measure, but intimated that the chief requisite for membei ship in the association was the posses sion of the $1 admission fee. This Mr. Feig thought was a reflection upon the dairymen of the state, but Mr. Sloan stood hLs ground, and the matter grew most interesting when Mr. Jacobson in terposed his person and speech and suggested that the bill would advance the policy following graduates of the agricultural school to see if they had properly learned their lessons. The passage of the bill he knew was sim ply the beginning and next year there would be necessary an increased ap propriation and an extra assistant. Now was the time to cut off any need less expense. In this view he was seconded by Mr. West who, although hailing from a dairy district, had heard no request for this sort of legisla tion, and Mr. Yon L.ehe, who gently intimated that many of the members of this association referred to lived in cities and knew lifilp or nniihing- about dairying. He cited Jens Grondahl, ot Red Wing, as a bright example, that gentleman being not only a member of the association, but also of the appro priation committee. The substitute motion was lost, and the committee re port adopted. Judge Littleton's bill, to revise and annotate the general statutes of the state, came next, and Mr. Schmidt interposed the substitute motion to go on general orders for the committee's indefinite postponement recommenda tion. Mr. Schmidt said that the law yers wanted this revision made. The statutes had not been revised for thirty-one years, and some parts of them were outrageously inconsistent and contradictory. Mr. Jacobson again came to the fore and commended the policy of the committee. This revision, he said^ would cost the state something like $35,000 and the state needed it less than it did either two or four years ago when bills to provide for it were lost. Again the substitute motion was lost and the committee upheld. The third bill proved no exception to the rule of the day. It was H. F. 928, just introduced a day or two ago by Judge Abbott. It called for an appro priation of $15,000 for the encourage ment of the sugar beet industry' in this state, and also provided for the establishment of an experimental sta- ! tion at Winnebago City, the purchase of machinery, etc., etc. When the fatal recommendation was read from the committee. Judge Abbott rose and was recognized. "Just one word," he said. "The time has come when this state should recog- | nize the need of encouraging this j great industry, and if we allow this opportunity to pass by we shall be behind our sister states." He made a strong plea for the need of this station with machinery for the production of unrefined sugar. Mr. Feig, with a per fectly straight face, within ten minutes of the time he made his own vigorous protest against the committee action, asked If the gentleman (Judge Abbott) assumed to place his own knowledge and judgment against that of the com mittee. The house thought this was excessively funny. Mr. Abbott urged further that the southern part of the state paid taxes on land assessed at from $18 to $20 per acre, and had borne its share of the expense of the state capitol and the state university. Mr. Scott thought this was a good bill and that because the state had granted a bonus to the long line spin ning tow industry, the sugar beet in dustry ought to be looked after. Mr. Jacobson explained that the state had some years ago covered the sugar beet matter by bonus, and the house for the third time put down the substitute motion and adopted the report of the committtee. An audible laugh went up when Rep resentative Schmidt, in a brief speech, made the usual demurrer to the indefi nite postponement recommendation on his bill tc create the office of state fire marshal. He realized that if he did | not make it strong the matter would j be regarded as a joke, so he went at it hammer and tongs. His bill had been sent to the committee, in his absence, j from general orders, where it stood for i some days, and he wanted it sent back j there where the house could pass upon its merits. The committee, with several members absent, had been divided on the recom mendation, and he felt it was only fair that the house should be allowed at least to consider the measure. Mr. Dare said he understood there was no opposition to the recommenda tion at the meeting, but It afterwards developed that Messrs. Lovejoy and Basford had voted against the action, j and Laing, although he voted with the committee, was not sure the bill was not all right. The members of the house were disposed to think the bill might have some good points, and it appeared that it might break the rule of the day and creep upon general or ders. A protest vas read from Owatonna against the proposition. Mr. Jacobson took a crimp in it upon purely econom ical grounds, and the house preserved the opinion of the good judgment of Mr. Dare and his committee. The sub stitute was lost, and the report of the committee once more adopted. Mr. Dare remarked sardonically that there had been one more, bill treated the same, way -by the committee, but he was going to hold itTiipr at the request of one of the jnembeim, NEW BAXKIXG- BILL. Text of the Measure tut Passed by the House. The house in the morning took up the Spencer btli (S. F. 256), as a continua tion of the special order set for yester day. The bill was changed and amend ed in a number of minor particulars. During the debate Col. "Albert Scheffer, of the suspended Allemannia bank, who is very much interested in the bill, was on the floor making Suggestions and counselling the friends of the btU. Mr. Scott introduced a-n amendment, which, however, waa * not adopted, wtiich provided that more of these re organized banks should be permitted to do new business or open new accounts until they have complied with all the requirements of the state banking law. The scathing report upon the methods of a number of the suspended banks submitted yesterday had thrown a good deal of light upon the subject. The bill as it finally passed the house pro vides as follows: Section 1. Whenever any company or cor poration exercising banking powers, under ] the laws of this state, has or shall have be i come insolvent, and has or stoall have come under the control of any court of competent jurisdiction under an assignment for the | benefit of its creditors, or the appointment i of a receiver in proceedings to enforce any : mortgage, deed or trust, or for the payment of debts, it shall be lawful for a majority in ; number and amount of the creditors of such I company or corporation, exclusive of secured creditors, and of the preferred creditors hereinafter specified, by themselves, or by a committee to be appointed by them, to pre- i pare and submit to such court a plan for the readjustment of its affairs, or for the reor ganization of such company or corporation; | such plan shall provide: First — For t!io payment of debts due and owing to the United States and the state of Minnesota. Second — For the payment of all debts for which a Hen shall exist on the property thereof, under the laws of the state ot Min nesota. Third— For the payment of all debts owing to servants, laborers and clerks for labor and services performed for such company or corporation whhln ninety (90) days next pre ceding the act of insolvency, or the com mencement of such insolvency proceedings. Fourth — For rhe payment, upon equal terms, of all other debts, including debts not due, and for the issue of new, or other or further securities, and for their distribution. Such plan shall, so far as practicable, re gard the relative rights and priorities of creditors and security holders. Sec. 2. Whenever anr such plan as pr° vided in the next preceding secticn, shall be presented to and filed in such court, it shall be the duty of said court to fix a time and place of hearing thereon, and to cause such notice of such hearing to be served upon the assignee or receiver personally; and notice of such hearing sliall be published for two' weeks — or such other time as the court may deem proper— in some newspaper published in the county. A copy of the notice so published shall be served upon all creditors by mailing a copy thereof in the manner now provided for serving notices by mail, at least fourteen days prior to the date set for the hearing. And if personal service cannot be made upon the assignee or re ceiver within the time fixed for the publica tton of the notice, such noidce by publica tion shal! be deemed sufficient as to such as signee or receiver. The filing of such plan shall be deemed a petition for fhe adjustment or reorganization of such corporation, upon the terms stated in said plan. At the time fixed for such hearing, any creditor may be heard In person, or by at torney, in opposition thereto. Tpon such hearing, if it appears that three-fourths in number and amount of the creditors, exclusive of secured creditors and of the preferred creditors, specified in sec tion 1 of this act, assent thereto, and if no objections have been made, the court may, in its discretion, make an order approving said plan; if any objections are made the court ahall make such modification of such plan as it shall deem advisable, and thereupon make an order approving such plan as modi fied. And the court may, in its discretion, thereupon order and adjudge that the plan so approved shall be adoped. and shall make provision for the execution thereof, under the supervision of the superintendent of banks, and also for the continuance or discharge of the assignee or receiver, and the winding up of such insolvency proceedings, and pro viding for the expense thereof. Sec. 3. All creditors of such company or corporation, and others interested therein, not objecting to such plan of reorganization, at the hearing hereinafter provided for, shall j be deemed to have assented thereto; and the ! court, in such order and judgment, approv ing said plan, shall adjudicate and determine the validity and amount of any and all claims and demands of dissenting creditors, or interested persons, and shall thereupon provide for the payment of the same at such future time, and in sucli manner and amounts, or installments, aa is provided in said plan as approved. Providing, that such dissenting creditors shall, by the terms of said order, be allowed to participate, pro rata. In the as sets of such corporation, upon the same terms as the assenting creditors; and pro vided, further, that such order shall not re quire or impose any obligation upon non assenting creditors-, but shall only operate ac a stay of their remedy for the enforce ment of their claims and demands, upon thf> same terms, and for the same periods, as provided in said plan as approved. And in aid of the execution of such plan, the court may enjoin or stay the enforcement or col lection of any and all claims, demands and obligations, or disabilities, of and against said company or corporation, except in ac cordance with the provisions of said plan, but not In such a manner as to Impair the obligation of any contract. Sec. 4. The stockholders, being stockholders at the time the insolvency proceedings are | commenced, of the corporation or company so reorganized, or the affairs of which shall be adjusted under the provisions of this act, together with the stockholders who have sold or transferred their stock within one year prior to the suspension or insolvency of the corporation, shall remain liable as stockholders of said corporation, for a period of one year after the tim-e fi*ed for the pay ment of the obligations lof such corporation by such plan and order, notwithstanding any sfi£cd!~=Kßwrii^fi How many women W/f Ii \\ \sKSiKris y * ** w s^ ort raontuß f! I '1 üBQSK» m v^°f an^ pain, 1 1 I \ \ Ve&sfeg ■-^ anc * then go down There is one cause of this ever-recurring tragedy. No woman should enter the marriage state without some knowledge of the physiology of the female organs of reproduction, and of the necessity of keeping them always healthy and vigorous. 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Sec. 5. Where the property of any such company or corporation shall be partly with in and without this state, the plan of re organization or adjustment may make pro vision for including the property without the state, in conformity with the laws of the state where the same may be situate. Sec. 6. This act shall take effect and be In force from and after its passage. The bill passed by an overwhelming vote— 90 to 19. Those who opposed the reorganiza tion of banks as provided for by the bill were Messrs. Belden, Boutwell Dahl, Poell, Fobs, Froetee, Goar, Goss, Hill, Lee. Lell maa, M&rtn, Martin, Maitson, Milligan, Mc- Lean, Pederson, PoeU and Vigen. COMMITTEE REPORTS. From Taxes and Tax Laws— H. F. 357 (Dyer)— Providing for the taxa tion of express companies. To be amended and placed on general orders. H. F. 442 (Jacobson)— To Increase the gross earnings tax upon railroads from 3 to 4 per cent, by a constitutional amendment. To be printed and placed on general orders, but without recommendation. S. F. 356 (Miller)— Relating to the letting of the publication of the delinquent tax list. To be indefinitely postponed. H. F. 900 (Hartshorn)— To provide for a lien upon logs cut upon lands upon which taxes are delinquent. To pass. H. F. 335 (Munger)— To provide for the taxation of express companies. To be indefi nitely postponed. Appropriations— H. F. 523 (Feig)— To appropriate $2,500 for field instruction in butteT and cheese mak ing. Indefinitely postponed. H. F. 972 (Kelley)— To appropriate $1,000 for the erection of a monument to ex-Gov. Will iam R. Marshall. Indefinitely postponed. H. F. 7 (Littleton)— To provide for the revis ion and annotation of the General Statutes of Minnesota. Indefintely postponed. H. F. 917 (Marin)— To appropriate road and bridge moneys. Referred to road and bridge I committee. j H. F. 928 (Abbott) — To encourage sugar beet ! industry, to establish an experiment stat'on '' at Winnebago City, and appropriate $15,000 for the same. Indefinitely postponed. H. F. 190 (Schmidt)— To provide for the es j tablishnient of the office of state fire mar- I shal and to appropraite $4,000 annually. In- I definitely postponed. Municipal Legislation— H. F. 493 (Henderson)— Authorizing d'strict courts to detach unplatted territory from vil- | lages. Referred to the judiciary committee as to its constitutionality. Special Committee— H. F. 199 (Kelley)— To amend seet'on 1 chapter 225. General Statutes ISB9. requiring the payment of fees into the state treasury ! by corporations upon filing articles of asso- ! elation or upon increase of capital stock. In definitely postponed. Substitute submitted '■ and recommended to pass. JACOBSON CALLED AGAIN. His Little Lash Uinu Force From < onsiaiit I'se. Mr. Jacobson and Mr. Schmidt ex changed mutual expressions of distin guished consideration in a little debate which came immediately before the noon recess upon the proposition to make a special order for the Douglas rate bill. Mr. Douglas asked to have his bill, H. F. 352, made the special order for tomorrow at 10:30 o'clock. The speak er gave notice that he should rule that it required a two-thirds vote to sus pend the rules and take the bill off gen eral orders. This necessitated seven ty-six affirmative votes, and the friends of the Douglas bill realized that they would be unable to force this policy. The principal opposition came from Mr. Schmidt, of Duluth. He not only was opposed to the bill, but he was op posed to the policy of setting special orders for bills. This opposition roused Jacobson's ire. He brushed his hair and started in upon a denunciation of the obstruc tionists. He said he wanted to remind the gentleman from St. Louis that he, too, had some bills for which he would be anxious to obtain favors by having them placed upon general orders. One of these was the re-apportionment bill, which the people of the northern part of the state were most anxious to have passed, while others were by no means desirous of such legislation. He want ed to say that unless this bill was giv en a fair show that the reapportion ment would never become a law. Mr. Foss poured oil on the troubled waters. He was sorry there was any opposition to making the special order, and wanted the two sides to compro mise. Mr. Schmidt was next recognized and he read Mr. Jacobson a lecture upon bis coercive methods, which brought out a volley of applause when he con cluded. He said: "So far as I know I was born in the United States, and I have always insisted upon the right to do my own thinking. I have never pfrmitted myself to be driven by the Whiplash of any man. If my mouth is to be closed, if I am not to have the right to speak, if I am not to be allowed to express my opinions without a threat that the rights of representation of the people of St. Louis county are to be jeopardized, the sooner I know it I the better. But Ido not fear anything of that kind from this house. The gentlemen who sit here are fair-minded j enough to do the people of my district j justice, even though I may vote as I i believe is right and against the wishes of some of them. I say I believe tha house is made up of fair-minded men, ! and I do not like to have any member | crack the lash over my head. As for j favors, I can say that, so far as I re- , member, there was only one occasion when I asked for a special favor, and that was only to have two bills, which were directly connected, considered at the same time." Then Mr. Schmidt continued his ar gument against so many special orders. Mr. Jacobson replied and qualified his previous remarks very materially. He said it was not a threat that he in tended to make; it was rather in the nature of a reminder to Mr. Schmidt and others who were interested in re apportionment and other measures that it was only by making special or ders that these bills could receive the consideration they demanded. He in sisted that this was one of the leading bills of the session, and whether it was finally defeated or passed it could not be hurried through by either side. Henry Johns could not lose the op portunity to say a few words, for the purpose of rubbing salt into the wounds made by the cutting sarcasm of Mr. Schmidt. He reminded the leaders of the house that the other members also had rights and feelings. Mr. Meyers moved that the special order be set for Tuesday at 10 o'clock. Mr. Laing advocated a compromise as to the time for the special order. He j should not feel bound to vote for the i bill although he wanted it to have a i fair show. Mr. Staples spoke in much \ the same tenor and urged the two sides to get together. Compromise was not in the air. and the Meyers amendment was adopted, after which the motion for a special order was adopted and the Douglas bill will be on the boards Tuesday forenoon. OXE MORE INVESTIGATION Suggested in a Resolution by Repre sentative Kendall. The house committee on insane hos pitals has planned to take up and in vestigate the question of the arrest and confinement in the insane hospital at Fergus Falls of Frank Hoskins, the Populist editor, who published charges against the soundness of certain bank ing institutions for which he claims they put a job up on him and had hira placed in the asylum. Mr. Hoskins had to bring his case away from his home for fear that local influences would deny him juslice and his release from the asylum was secured upon habeas corpus proceedings in the Hennep'n county courts. Mr. Hoskins had a bill intioduced to expunge from the records of the asy lum the notation of his confinement, pay all costs and pay him $5,000 for damages. In pursuance to this, Mr. Kendall, of the committee on insane, introduced the following resolution: Whereas, a certain bill has been intro duced in this house and referred to the com mittee en hospitals for insane, and Whereas, said bill seems to reflect upon th* 1 officers of one of the state institutions, and Whereas, the subject is worthy of careful and thorough investigation in order to act intelligently upon the question involved. Therefore, be it resolved, that the said com mittee be and is hereby empowered to send for persons and papers, subpoena and swear Spring Sale of Drugs! We mean to sell Drugs and Medicines so cheap that every body will want to buy here. We buy and sell quick and the advantage turns to your benefit in the lowest prices possible. You'll always find a complete stock of just the goods you want, < and the store service just as perfect in those small things as \ though you were buying a jacket. About this time each year \ we offer an extraordinary sale of Medicines, Drugs and Toilet ' Articles at prices much below any attempt at price cutting- ' elsewhere. Sale begins This Morning at 9 o'clock and con tinues Three Days. DRUGS. DRUGs! l.OOPeruna 63c er Oil. «ac^ ! LCOPinaud's Hair Tonic 59c 25c Pierce* Plea'sani ' Pellets * 1.00 Indian Sagwa 65c 2 for.. 25e < 1.00 Borine(same as Listarine) 55 C 2 5c Talcum Powder for infant's ! 1.00 Maltine, plain 69c 2 for '25- ! 1.00 Maltine, with Hypophos- 25c Calder's Tooth" Powder ..." |5c ! .^.••"••■V" 7, •"5? C 25c Garfield's Tea 5? ' 1.00 Pames Celery Com P ound.6sc 2Sc Lane * s Tea 2 ! •00^ SNe 7 Ura 1 *SS 25cDr ' Gav -s Headache Tab- ) 1.00 Pinkham s Compound 63c i et # _ 1.00 Pinkham's Blood Purifier. 63C oZ^LU'rilli i '2 C < ,00Cha sk a- S KolaCompound.s3o KSSK*"* " £ 1.00 Pierces Prescription 63c 2 ? C Ay ers ' Pilla> 2 f or 25c ! 1.00 Pierces Golden Medical J* pound Absorbant Cotton.... |2c ' Discovery 63 C J* pound Absorbant Cotton 5c , 1.00 Scott's Emulsion 65 C — — J 1.50 Fellows' Syrup 90c rw* • t A - i.oo Malted Milk 6 9c 1 oilet Articles. ! 1.00 Ayers' Hair Vigor 53c \ 1.00 Phillips' Emulsion Cod io c Eyebrow Pencils. 5e ' I™mm%" • - £1 C SOc Malvina Cream " -25c LOO Miles -Nettie . ..gj SOc Hinds' Honey and Almond ; 'S Sr T * 63c Cream 29c ; L £S£ and 65c 75 cQ ueenI s abella,forthecom: 29C LOO Swift's Specific ™S J??^*"", 29c ' LOO Cherokee Hair Grower.... s3c s °2,^P ress «»ffenie Curling: , SOc Williams' Pink Pills 29c -,= »! " ' *V~ \'l 'A 2 ? C ( 50c Stewart's Dyspep S iaTablets32c Jf r^ ™ '2° * SOc Cuticura Salve.. 33c Glycedonta 5c SOc Charcot's Kola Tablets 35c "j PoZZOUni ' S Pari^^ Toilet | SOc Svrnp Figs 33c .S^T l3c ! SOc Quaker Catarrh Cure 32c "^ FaCe o C SOc Ely's Cream Balm 35 C ,«; «*!?"« " * '^1^ 2 S C ' ,- r • . %z~ 25c Evilo Face Powder 7c i 6Sc Castoria.. 22c 2 5c Lavender Salts (very fine).. |2c ! 2ac Allcock's Porous Plasters. . 8c ->- a • w, •* v? T . .>• ( -- Ot . _. "' ov * 2sc American Florida Water.. . l 4-c I 25c Strengthening Porous Plas- i ten 5c ; 25c Belladonna Porous Plasters 5c r^ /-\ a r*£T 50c Bromo Seltzer 32c A H^, \ 25c Munyon's Remedies. .2 for 25c ' 25c Capsicum Porous Plasters.. 5c f ufcttWOODBUpCT'IL Woodbury's J 25c Ward's Coug-h Cure 17c A^V^alsoap r * B Facial Soap ||c ' 25c Laxative Bromo Quinine IZ 1 V, W h C ' Tablets I3C 'X ™ | ose G^cerme , — — — ■ — ■ ■« V 9* **** >■ Jff Pears' Scent p. U . • V * Miliaßaiß# ed 12/ aC ! K.UDDCr VJOOUS. London Glycerine Fine Trans- | parent, 3 cakes in a box, per i a box 10c 5 Williams' Barber Bar, per cake 5c <i 4-pound bar Imported Green Castile Soap, per bar 32c / A \v 5 gross Fancy Toilet Soaps that I i wflk ft\ retail from 5c to 15c per cake. \^fZ/ Brushes and Combs. 1,200 Hot Water 10 dozen Foun- SSSfilWßs® and Bottles, all sizes tain Syringes, in _ r __ m __ Combs and warranted, paper box. 2. 3 i||l||||i|[|l|||[||||HaawUMHiiaiMEi] t ll ?,*/ 6 " j; ach> atld 4. qt . Each, Vjlll!lliilil!il!!lllllill!lllllllMBBBM/ tail from 2Sc 34c KL^S^'.-ISc 6 dozen Rapid Flow Fountain — — — . Syringes, each with 4 Hard Rubber „ _, _. Tubes |g— *~— For nouse=Cleaning. heavy \(ut>j!sikz' 1-lb. package Moth Balls 8c bags, in I ?2-lb. Preserving Camphor |0c tine wood- JK!^^^^P i Camphor Flakes ... 5c en box, all Jf^^b^A^— 1 " lb - can Klensall 13c com P lete ;4-lb.canKlensall 8c warrant- J^^^^^^M "' A "' Soap ' P er P^ cka g e - • • • «0c $1.23 to $1.85. SoecialSale QC-^ 0Q A *—^3^ **• Price, all sizes," each O©C Ou«# witnesses, employ a stenographer if necessary and make a thorough investigation of tho subject. The resolution went over on motion of de bate by Mr. Johns. FROSTAGE TAX QUESTION. Ramsey County's Particular Tronble Heard Froia \traln. The bill to repal the St. Paul water frontage tax law, over which the Ram sey county delegation has been at vari ance for some time, came up again in the house yesterday. Mr. McGill, on behalf of the majority, reported the bill for passage. It is supported by five members of the Ramsey delegation, and upon motion of Mr. McGill the bill was placed on the calendar. That was Tuesday. Yesterday the minority brought in an adverse report and asked that the bill be referred back to the Ramsey delegation. The minirity are Messrs. Scott, Johns, Martin and Snod grass. A question of courtesy to an absent member, Mr. McGill, caused some de bate, after which the bill was taken from the calendar and placed on gen eral orders. Mr. Scott offered the following mi nority report from the Ramsey county delegation on H. F. 707, being an act Lo repeal special laws affecting the city of" St. Paul and relating to a water frontage make the following re- We cannot concur with the majority of our delegation in recommending the passage of the WH and without giving our reasons in extenso. we believe that the passage of the present bill would result In a serious in jury to thf financial interests of the city, and impair credit of bonds issued by the city in the purchase of the waterworks of the city of St. Paul, and that the repeal of the water frontage tax Trill result In increasing the water rate of the consumers of water in said city. If this law is not repealed an im mediate" appreciable reduction of water rates is promised. Therefore we recommend tho bill to be indefinitely postponed. —Thomas B. Scott, — Henry Johns. We dissent from the position taken by the majority cf the Ramsey county delegation for the reason that we believe we voice the wishes of the majority of our constituents in so doing and not for reasons given. — T. F. Martin, — Edwin Snodgrass. Tho Faults and Follies of tbe Age Are numerous, but of the latter none is more ridiculous than the promiscuous and random use of laxative pills and other drastic cathar tics. Tfaese wrench, convulse and weaken both the stomach and the bowels. I£ Hostet ter's Stomach Bitters be used instead of these no-remedies, the result Is accomplished with out pain and with great benefit to the bowels, the s?tom«oa and the liver. Use this remedy when constipation manifests Itself, and there by prevent It from becoming chronic. IOWA IS FAST. Hin ilji II I«-nI-Ii> Certain to Burn a Uood iionuM. NEW YORK, March 31.— The battle ahlp lowa, bound for her official trial trip off the New England coast, reached the N«w York navy yard this morning, alter a suc cessful run from Philadelphia. She will be docked and cleaned for her speed trial next week. The contract speed requirement is 16 knots, with a bonus of $50,000 for every knot in excess of that figure. If her be havior on the run from Philadelphia to New York be any indication of her powers, she will oarn a good premium for h*r makora, the Cramps. This is the last of the war ships for which a bonus will be offered. The lowa was given tht-ee runs between the lightship off tho Five Fathom bank yes terday. This Is a distance of 11.25 knota. The trials were made under forced draught, with ordinary coal. The spaed obtained on the first and second legs was 15.20 knots an hour, but on the third she spurted up to I.".?"".. C'apt. Sargeant, who navigated tho ship, and Superintending Engineer Edwin S. Cramp, were entirely satisfied with this per formance. f^*~% ~WWf are included iv the making of HIRES Rootbcer. The prepa y<w^ ration of this great tcm i?£§a perance drink is an event 6? »1 of importance in a million 'nfeig -well regulated homes. M\ HIRES ij^m Rootbeer I \ '$■! * s °^ S oo< i health. SVW Invigorating, appetiz- Jjj| ing, satisfying. Put Vis some up to-day and J:J have it ready to put z J down whenever you're . Y j'P .1 Made only by The i..WI»HMJ Charles E. Hires Co., I Philadelphia. A pack- K£ '1 I a^ e ma^ es 5 g^lons. H^gg^^ Sold everywhere. *■